Allison Morris

Allison Morris
Occupation	Criminologist
Awards	FRSNZ
Academic background
Alma mater	University of Cambridge

Allison Margaret Morris FRSNZ (born 1945) is a retired New Zealand criminologist, specialising in youth justice, restorative justice and women in crime. She was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi in 2000.

Education

Morris earned a PhD from the University of Cambridge in 1976.

Career

Morris was appointed as lecturer in criminology at Cambridge University in 1976, and promoted to Reader in Criminal Justice in 1995. She left the university in 1998. Morris was a full professor at Victoria University of Wellington before her retirement in 2001. She was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi in 2000. The Society said Morris has "been recognised internationally as an outstanding criminologist whose evidence-led work, characterised by meticulous data collection, has had global influence. In her special field of the area of youth justice she has made New Zealand a virtual world laboratory for youth justice and her work is currently influencing policy in Australia and Britain as well as in New Zealand."

Selected publications

• Allison Morris (1 June 2002). "Critiquing the Critics: A Brief Response to Critics of Restorative Justice". The British Journal of Criminology. 42 (3): 596–615. doi:10.1093/BJC/42.3.596. ISSN 0007-0955. Wikidata Q56169839.
• Allison Morris (1987), Women, crime, and criminal justice, Blackwell Publishing, Wikidata Q109902087
• Allison Morris; Gabrielle Maxwell, eds. (1 August 2003), Restorative justice for juveniles: conferencing, mediation and circles, Hart Publishing, Wikidata Q109902088
• Loraine Gelsthorpe; Allison Morris, eds. (1990), Feminist perspectives in criminology, Open University Press, Wikidata Q109902089
• Allison Morris; Henri Giller (1987), Understanding juvenile justice, Croom Helm, Wikidata Q109902090
• Allison Morris (1983). Providing criminal justice for children. Edward Arnold. ISBN 978-0-7131-6397-1. OL 2992453M. Wikidata Q109902091.
• Allison Morris; M. W. McIsaac (1978). Juvenile justice? ; the practice of social welfare. Heinemann. ISBN 978-0-435-82601-7. OL 22021118M. Wikidata Q109902092.
• Allison Morris (1997). Women's safety survey, 1996. ISBN 978-0-478-20128-4. OL 121691M. Wikidata Q109902093.
• Allison Morris (1980), Justice for children, Macmillan Publishers, Wikidata Q109902094
• Gabrielle Maxwell; Allison Morris (1993). Families, Victims and Culture: Youth Justice in New Zealand (PDF). Wellington: Social Policy Agency. ISBN 0-475-11017-X. Wikidata Q109902576.